Just some misc stuff to brighten a dreary market day:br /br /Investors now have a 201K plan – Len Smithbr /br /The best commentary I’ve heard lately was on TV where the guy said he was diversifying: he’s putting half his money under his mattress and the other half in a can buried in the back yard. – MarketWatch comment poster unclejohnbr /br /uBanking problem explained/u (from rightontheright.com) p class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin-bottom: 12pt;”span style=”;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;” span style=”font-size:12;”o:p /o:p/span/span/p p class=”MsoNormal”span style=”;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;” span style=”font-size:12;”o:p /o:p/span/span/p div p class=”MsoNormal”span style=”;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;” span style=”font-size:12;” o:p/o:p/span/span/p /div p class=”MsoNormal”span style=”;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;” span style=”font-size:12;”o:p /o:p/span/span/pYoung Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. br /br /The next day he drove up and said, ‘Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkeybr /died.’br /br /Chuck replied, ‘Well, then just give me my money back.’ br /br /The farmer said, ‘Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.’ br /br /Chuck said, ‘OK, then,just bring me the dead donkey.’ br /br /The farmer asked, ‘What ya gonna do with him? br /br /Chuck said, ‘I’m going to raffle him off.’ br /br /The farmer said ‘You can’t raffle off a dead donkey!’ br /br /Chuck said, ‘Sure I can Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.’br /br /A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, ‘What happened with that deadbr /donkey?’ br /br /Chuck said, ‘I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made a profitbr /of $898.00.’ br /br /The farmer said, ‘Didn’t anyone complain?’ br /br /Chuck said, ‘Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back.’br /br /Chuck now works for Goldman Sachs.